Charlottechicken Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I'm having a major technophobe moment and cannot get my new Orange payg Samsung mini to work. Had it at 2pm today and have spent the last 7 hours trying to figure the bloomin' thing out. I might have done a really stupid thing straight away as for some reason I thought I should use the new sim card that came with the phone, my current payg Orange phone is really old and I thought the sim might not work in the new phone. I've managed to transfer the new sim card online but the phone is showing as no signal, no network connectivity whatsoever. When I transferred sim numbers online it did say it might take up to 72 hours to work, not sure why though. Does anyone have any clue whet might be wrong? Is it possible to get a dud phone which appears normal in every way apart from no signal?? Help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 When did you do the number transfer online? When I swapped my mobile number from my old network to my new one it did take around 24 hours and in that time my phone showed no signal when I switched it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Thank you, I'm suspecting it is that. I did it a few hours ago, but just don't understand why it is not instant, everything else seems to be these days! It does say online that it can take up to 72 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Nope, it's definitely not instant. Certainly wasn't when I switched my number anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thanks LB, it is some comfort! OH is out all day today so we have no contact, he can't understand why I didn't just put the old sim in my new phone anyway I've lost my photos and old messages Suppose it's one way to clear out the rubbish off my phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Phone not working yet Might have to visit an Orange shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Isn't Orange EE now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
